RNA-seq of kumquat peel: 0d and 48h after Penicillium italicum inoculation

Mature fruit of mutant HP kumquat with abnormal oil gland development and wild type RA kumquat were inoculated with Penicillium italicum in the peel, and peel samples of 0d and 48h after inoculation of both cultivars were obtained for RNAseq. As HP kumquat showed smaller lesion diameter than RA kumquat of the same infection period, this study aims at investigating the difference of gene expression profiles between HP kumquat and RA kumquat, especially the defense response related genes specially upregulated in HP kumquat after fungi infection.